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Edinburgh 2013 review: Fleabag, Underbelly, Cowgate
Friday 02 August 2013
The last time Phoebe Waller-Bridge appeared on stage, in Jack Thorne’s Mydidae, she was naked in a bathroom and going through her ablutions. In her hot new solo show for Edinburgh, she’s no less startling or revealing but she does keep her clothes on.
Transfer news: Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fabregas wins case to purchase London home, but will he be returning to Arsenal?
Thursday 01 August 2013
It's unlikely, as the house belonged to his girlfriend's ex-husband, with the Spanish international set to rent the property out instead of making a surprise return to London
British gorilla expert Dr Ymke Warren murdered in Cameroon after chef she sacked hired a hitman
Thursday 01 August 2013
Inquest in Westminster hears how the unruly member of conservation site staff bore a grudge after he was fired for getting into fights and having an affair with a volunteer
Theatre review: Wag! The Musical - An inept, shoddily empty-headed mess
Monday 29 July 2013
Only a deranged optimist would head to a show called Wag! The Musical expecting a bitingly witty deconstruction of the culture of footballers' wives and girlfriends and its impact on the values of young women.
Paperback review: Mo Said She Was Quirky, By James Keiman
Sunday 28 July 2013
Helen is from Glasgow, works as a croupier in a London casino; on her way home one morning, she catches sight of a homeless man who she's sure is her long-lost brother, Brian.
Police apologise for ‘harassment’ of forensic graduate
Friday 19 July 2013
A police force apologised as it revealed for the first time that four officers had been disciplined over an alleged campaign of harassment against a young woman after she ended a relationship with one of them.
Cultural life: Hattie Morahan, actress
Friday 19 July 2013
'I love the virtuosity and imaginative chutzpah of Da Vinci's Demons'
Jockey suffers 'life-threatening head injury' during fall
Friday 05 July 2013
Brian Toomey was riding in Perth
Review: Claire DeWitt and the Bohemian Highway, By Sara Gran
Sunday 30 June 2013
Hard-boiled detection with modern angst
Theatre review: The Night Alive, Donmar Warehouse, London
Thursday 20 June 2013
The summer belongs to Conor McPherson at the Donmar Warehouse. Hard on the heels of Josie Rourke's pitch-perfect revival of his most acclaimed play The Weir, the Irish dramatist now directs this beautifully-acted world premiere of his latest piece, The Night Alive.
Reality TV show TOWIE slammed by domestic abuse charity after Sam Faiers admits to pushing and slapping Joey Essex
Monday 10 June 2013
'Everyone slaps their boyfriend once, when they deserve it,' she said
Eat your heart out Amelia Earhart: Loose Women's Carol Vorderman vows to fly solo around the world
Thursday 06 June 2013
Loose Women star Carol Vorderman is swapping the studio for the skies to fly solo around the world.
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- 4 Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
- 5 Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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